I needed to order something else at another place immediately afterwards because

I didn't want them to think I was a pig that I am.

But this was a hit for my palate and my stomach.

Chanterelles are in season and they served it with a slice of Spanish acorn fed ham fat. ( just the fat )Sounds weird but that fat is like tasty salty butter.I love this poster that hangs on the walls of their bar.

I got to Lots Road via a Range Rover car service they were shuttling people back and forth with as Lots Road is in deep Chelsea and hard to get to. Plus they were competing with Decorex, another festival in Kensington Palace so they had to make it accessible.

I got there in time to hear Helen McCormack speak about fabrics and who better to hear about textiles than Helen herself.

Wednesday, 18 September 2013

Like Heidi at Adelaide Villa and Jenny from The Lime Walk who are undergoing extensive but exciting renovations at their lovely homes , I am in the eye of the storm that is my renovations.

There is the pain, the expectation, but then you go home to nest and like the end of a Grand Designs episode, it seems all worth it in the end. But I swore after my last home refurbishments, I was never ever going to do renovations ever again but like childbirth one forgets the pain and the labor involved and does it all over again.

This is the top of our roof before we finally started construction in end of July.

We are currently building another floor to our two story home.

I had been telling Mr CSW that we needed to get planning permission sorted out way in advance but he always postponed it every year for the past 7 years.

Due to my new area, I got on the wrong train like a bloody tourist but went past the Battersea power station and had a good look at it from an angle that I rarely see it in.

It is finally being developed after being left dormant for 30 years! It is going to be a modern complex of shopping center/flats because God knows London needs more shops and more unaffordable accommodation.

Thursday, 12 September 2013

Please indulge me sharing with you one of my dream purchases if I won the Euromillions. Most of us have an imaginary spending list with the possible windfall; gifts to family and friends, charity, upgrade of certain items, etc.

But there is one item after I complete the list which I would purchase probably a week after my win.

No it isn't a yacht. Those who have one say the best day of your life is when you buy your yacht and the second best day is when you sell it.

My extravagant item would be the Zip Necklace by Van Cleef and Arpels.